Transmission and reception bandwidth setting method, mobile terminal and base station in radio communication system that defines a plurality of signal bandwidths

ABSTRACT

In a radio communication system defining a plurality of bandwidths, mobile terminals of kinds respectively corresponding to the plurality of bandwidths are accommodated in the system, and a minimum transmission bandwidth of the plurality of bandwidths is set as a transmission bandwidth of a downlink common channel. Or, every mobile terminal accommodated in the radio communication system is provided with a capability for processing a bandwidth equal to or greater than a predetermined value, and equal to or more than two transmission bandwidths that are equal to or less than a predetermined value are set as a transmission bandwidth of a downlink common channel. In the latter case, the mobile terminal identifies a bandwidth of a received downlink common channel.

TECHNICAL FIELD

The present invention relates to a base station, a mobile terminal, anda signal transmission and reception method used in a radio communicationsystem in which a plurality of different signal bandwidths are defined.

BACKGROUND ART

As a successor of W-CDMA and HSDPA, a communication scheme calledEvolved UTRA (E-UTRA) is being studied. The E-UTRA is a radio accessscheme that supports a plurality of bandwidths in an extensible manner,and that supports bandwidths from 1.25 MHz up to 20 MHz whilemaintaining compatibility with the existing 3G scheme.

In the existing W-CDMA, a single bandwidth of 5 MHz is supported in asame system, channels of uplink (from base station to terminal) anddownlink (terminal to base station) are allocated so that data to betransferred is transmitted.

DISCLOSURE OF THE INVENTION Problem to be Solved by the Invention

In contrast, in a system corresponding to E-UTRA, a plurality ofbandwidths are defined in a same system, and different bandwidths aresupported according to base stations or carriers. That is, a stateoccurs in which bandwidths being used are different according to systems(cells in a system of a same carrier under certain circumstances)provided by each carrier. In such a state, it is necessary that everymobile terminal can connect to any base stations having differentbandwidths.

In addition, a maximum transmission and reception bandwidth that themobile terminal can support at a minimum is an important problem sinceit has an influence not only on implementation and configuration of theterminal but also on configuration of a physical channel correspondingto a synchronization channel (SCH) or a broadcast channel (BCH).

In addition, it becomes important to set transmission bandwidths of acollision permissible channel used when initially accessing any basestations, from the mobile terminal, that use different bandwidths, and apilot channel and a data channel that are transmitted from the mobileterminal to any base station.

Thus, an object of the present invention is to provide a method forsetting a proper bandwidth in a downlink and a method for setting aproper bandwidth in an uplink in a radio communication system in which aplurality of bandwidths are defined.

In addition, an object is to provide configuration of the mobileterminal and configuration of the base station according to thebandwidth setting method.

Means for Solving the Problem

To realize the above-mentioned object, on the premise that a pluralityof bandwidths are defined in a radio communication system, the presentinvention provides a reception bandwidth setting method of a commonchannel in a downlink, a transmission bandwidth setting method of apilot channel and a data channel in an uplink, the scheduling, and atransmission bandwidth setting method of a collision permissible channelin an uplink, for each of the following cases:

(1) A case in which mobile terminals of all kinds corresponding to theplurality of bandwidths are prepared; and

(2) A case in which a maximum bandwidth equal to or greater than a givenvalue is set to every mobile terminal.

In a first aspect, as a first method for setting a bandwidth of a commonchannel in a downlink, a method for setting a transmission and receptionbandwidth in a radio communication system defining a plurality ofbandwidths is provided, and the method includes:

(a) accommodating mobile terminals of kinds respectively correspondingto the plurality of bandwidths to the radio communication system; and

(b) setting a minimum transmission bandwidth of the plurality ofbandwidths as a transmission bandwidth of a downlink common channel.

As a second method, a method for setting a transmission and receptionbandwidth in a radio communication system defining a plurality ofbandwidths is provided, and the method includes:

(a) providing a processing capability of a bandwidth equal to or greaterthan a predetermined value to every mobile terminal accommodated in theradio communication system; and

(b) setting equal to or greater than two transmission bandwidths equalto or less than the predetermined value as transmission bandwidths of adownlink common channel.

In a second aspect, as a first method for setting bandwidths of a pilotchannel and a data channel in an uplink, a method for setting atransmission and reception bandwidth in a radio communication systemdefining a plurality of bandwidths is provided, and the method includes:

(a) accommodating mobile terminals of kinds respectively correspondingto the plurality of bandwidths to the radio communication system; and

(b) setting bandwidths respectively corresponding to the plurality ofbandwidths as bandwidths of a pilot channel and as bandwidths of a datachannel that are transmitted from the mobile terminal using an uplink.

As a second method, a method for setting a transmission and receptionbandwidth in a radio communication system defining a plurality ofbandwidths is provided, and the method includes:

(a) accommodating mobile terminals of kinds respectively correspondingto the plurality of bandwidths to the radio communication systemregarding transmission bandwidths of a data channel transmitted using anuplink; and

(b) providing a processing capability of a transmission bandwidth equalto or greater than a predetermined value to every mobile terminalaccommodated in the radio communication system regarding transmissionbandwidths of a pilot channel transmitted using an uplink.

As a third method, a method for setting a transmission and receptionbandwidth in a radio communication system defining a plurality ofbandwidths is provided, and the method includes:

(a) providing capability for processing a transmission bandwidth equalto or greater than a predetermined value, as a transmission bandwidth ofa pilot channel and a data channel for an uplink, to every mobileterminal accommodated in the radio communication system; and

(b) selecting a transmission bandwidth of the pilot channel and the datachannel within a range of a maximum transmission bandwidth of the mobileterminal according to a bandwidth used by the base station in the radiocommunication system.

In the first to third methods, the transmission bandwidth of the pilotchannel is preferably set to be wider than the transmission bandwidth ofthe data channel in the uplink.

In a third aspect, as a first method for setting a transmissionbandwidth of a collision permissible channel in an uplink, a method forsetting a transmission and reception bandwidth in a radio communicationsystem defining a plurality of bandwidths is provided, and the methodincludes:

(a) setting a transmission bandwidth of an uplink collision permissiblechannel transmitted from any mobile terminal in the radio communicationsystem to be a minimum transmission bandwidth of the plurality ofbandwidths.

As a second method, a method for setting a transmission and receptionbandwidth in a radio communication system defining a plurality ofbandwidths is provided, and the method includes:

(a) setting a transmission bandwidth of an uplink collision permissiblechannel transmitted from any mobile terminal in the radio communicationsystem within a range of a predetermined bandwidth greater than aminimum transmission bandwidth of the plurality of bandwidths.

In any method, the base station in the radio communication system mayspecify a transmission band of an uplink collision permissible channeltransmitted by the mobile station within a range of a bandwidth used bythe base station.

Or, the base station in the radio communication system may predeterminea bandwidth used for receiving an uplink collision permissible channeltransmitted from the mobile station within a range of a bandwidth usedby the base station.

Or, the base station may randomly change the band for transmitting thecollision permissible channel within a range of a bandwidth used by thebase station which the mobile station tries to access.

In a fourth aspect, a mobile terminal apparatus used in a radiocommunication system defining a plurality of bandwidths is provided. Themobile terminal apparatus includes:

(a) a control unit configured to set transmission bandwidths of anuplink pilot channel and an uplink data channel that are transmitted toa base station to perform channel generation control according to theestablished transmission bandwidths.

In a preferred configuration example, the control unit sets an uplinktransmission bandwidth so as to transmit the uplink pilot channel usinga bandwidth wider than that of the uplink data channel.

In a fifth aspect, a mobile terminal apparatus used in a radiocommunication system defining a plurality of bandwidths includes:

(a) a capability for processing a bandwidth, of the plurality ofbandwidths, equal to or greater than a predetermined value; and

(b) a reception bandwidth control unit configured to identify abandwidth of a downlink common channel received from any base station inthe radio communication system to control processes of a received signalaccording to the identified bandwidth.

In a sixth aspect, a base station used in a radio communication systemdefining a plurality of bandwidths is provided. The base stationincludes:

(a) a reception unit configured to receive pilot channels of a firstbandwidth from a plurality of mobile terminals;

(b) a measurement unit configured to measure channel states on afrequency axis based on the received pilot channels; and

(c) a transmission band assignment unit configured to assign atransmission band of a data channel using a second bandwidth narrowerthan the first bandwidth to each mobile terminal based on themeasurement result.

Effect of the Invention

According to the present invention, a proper transmission and receptionbandwidth can be set in the downlink and the uplink in a radiocommunication system defining a plurality of bandwidths.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

FIG. 1 is a diagram for explaining a radio communication systemsupporting a plurality of bandwidths on which the present invention ispredicated;

FIG. 2 is a diagram for showing a downlink bandwidth setting method in acase for accommodating mobile terminals of kinds corresponding to allbandwidths supported by the radio communication system in the systemshown in FIG. 1;

FIG. 3A is a diagram for showing a downlink bandwidth setting method ina case for providing a capability for supporting a maximum transmissionbandwidth equal to or greater than a given value to every mobileterminal in the system shown in FIG. 1;

FIG. 3B is a diagram for showing a downlink bandwidths setting method ina case when providing a capability for supporting a maximum transmissionbandwidth equal to or greater than a given value to every mobileterminal in the system shown in FIG. 1;

FIG. 4 is a diagram for showing an uplink bandwidth setting method in acase when accommodating mobile terminals of kinds corresponding to allbandwidths supported by the radio communication system in the systemshown in FIG. 1;

FIG. 5A is a diagram for showing an uplink bandwidth setting method in acase when providing a capability for supporting a maximum transmissionbandwidth equal to or greater than a given value to every mobileterminal in the system shown in FIG. 1;

FIG. 5B is a diagram for showing an uplink bandwidth setting method in acase when providing a capability for supporting a maximum transmissionbandwidth equal to or greater than a given value to every mobileterminal in the system shown in FIG. 1;

FIG. 5C is a diagram for showing an uplink bandwidth setting method in acase when providing a capability for supporting a maximum transmissionbandwidth equal to or greater than a given value to every mobileterminal in the system shown in FIG. 1;

FIG. 6A is a diagram showing an example for transmitting a pilot channelusing a bandwidth wider than that of a data channel in an uplink;

FIG. 6B is a diagram showing an example for transmitting a pilot channelusing a bandwidth wider than that of a data channel in an uplink;

FIG. 7A is a diagram for explaining a method for performing uplinkscheduling based on a received pilot channel in a base station;

FIG. 7B is a diagram for explaining a method for performing uplinkscheduling based on a received pilot channel in a base station;

FIG. 7C is a diagram for explaining a method for performing uplinkscheduling based on a received pilot channel in a base station;

FIG. 8 is a block diagram showing an example of a transmitterconfiguration of a mobile terminal used by a radio communication systemsupporting a plurality of bandwidths;

FIG. 9 is a block diagram showing an example of a receiver configurationof a mobile terminal used by a radio communication system supporting aplurality of bandwidths;

FIG. 10 is a block diagram showing a configuration example of a basestation in a case when performing uplink scheduling;

FIG. 11A is a diagram for explaining a method for transmitting acollision permissible channel in an uplink;

FIG. 11B is a diagram for explaining a method for transmitting acollision permissible channel in an uplink.

DESCRIPTION OF REFERENCE SIGNS

-   10 mobile terminal-   10 a transmitter of the mobile terminal-   10 b receiver of the mobile terminal-   21 pilot channel/data channel transmission bandwidth control unit of    the mobile terminal-   50 reception bandwidth control unit of the mobile terminal-   60 base station-   61 pilot channel reception unit-   62 channel state measurement unit-   63 data channel transmission band assignment unit

PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS FOR CARRYING OUT THE INVENTION

Before describing the preferred embodiments, an overview of the radiocommunication system on which the present invention is based isdescribed with reference to FIG. 1. The present invention is predicatedon a system in which a plurality of bandwidths are defined in a samesystem. Therefore, transmission bandwidths of the downlink and receptionbandwidths of the uplink are different according to base stations (orcarriers). Every mobile terminal should connect to any of base stationshaving different bandwidths while moving.

In FIG. 1, the radio communication system includes base stations 1-5using different transmission bandwidths that are 20 MHz, 10 MHz, 5 MHz,2.5 MHz and 1.25 MHz, for example. The transmission frequency bandwidthused by each base station is determined based on a frequency spectrumthat each carrier can use. Assuming that there are a plurality ofbandwidths in such a same system, in order to connect the mobileterminal 10 to any base station, following items should be considered:

(1) Transmission of a common channel from a base station to a mobilestation in the downlink, and setting of a maximum bandwidth of a mobileterminal 10;

(2) Transmission of a pilot channel and a data channel in the uplink,and scheduling for them; and

(3) Transmission of collision permissible type channel in the uplink. Inthe following, each of them are described.

<Transmission of Common Channel and Setting of Maximum Bandwidth of theMobile Terminal in the Downlink>

In the downlink of the radio communication system that supports aplurality of transmission bandwidths, following two methods can beconsidered as methods for setting bandwidths such that the mobileterminal 10 can receive the common (physical) channel from any basestation. That are methods of:

(i) Preparing mobile terminals 10 of all kinds that correspond to all ofthe bandwidths supported by the system, and transmitting the downlinkcommon (physical) channel using a minimum bandwidth in the plurality ofbandwidths supported by the system, or

(ii) Setting a maximum bandwidth that every mobile terminal 10 shouldsupport as a minimum value, and transmitting the downlink common(physical) channel using equal to or more than two bandwidths that areequal to or less than the bandwidth of the minimum value.

In the first method, for example, as shown in FIG. 1, when the radiocommunication system supports five kinds of bandwidths, five kinds ofmobile terminals 10 that are a mobile terminal supporting 1.25 MHz, amobile terminal supporting 2.5 MHz, a mobile terminal supporting 5 MHz,a mobile terminal supporting 10 MHz, and a mobile terminal supporting 20MHz are prepared, and they are accommodated in the system.

In this case, since there is a mobile terminal 10 that can receive onlya signal of the signal bandwidth of 1.25 MHz, every base stationtransmits a physical channel corresponding to a common channel such asthe synchronization channel (SCH) and the broadcast channel (BCH) usinga bandwidth of 1.25 MHz that is the smallest bandwidth in the systemirrespective of a bandwidth of the system used in the cell.

In the second method, every mobile terminal has at least a given maximumbandwidth. For example, every mobile terminal 10 is designed to have abandwidth of 5 MHz at least, or a bandwidth of 10 MHz at least.

According to this method, since every mobile terminal 10 that isaccommodated in the system can support a maximum bandwidth that is equalto or greater than a given value, it is only necessary that the basestation transmits the common channel using a bandwidth equal to or lessthan the given maximum bandwidth in a plurality of bandwidths defined inthe system.

FIG. 2 is a diagram for explaining the first method (i) for setting thedownlink signal bandwidth in more detail. As shown in the left side ofFIG. 2, the radio communication system supports five different kinds ofsystem bandwidths depending on cells and accommodates mobile terminals10 of kinds that correspond to all bandwidths. In this case, as shown inthe right side of FIG. 2, the transmission bandwidth of the commonchannel (SCH, BCH, and the like) in each cell is 1.25 MHz in accordancewith the smallest bandwidth in the system irrespective of systembandwidth that the cell can use.

According to this scheme, every kind of mobile terminal 10 can receive acommon channel from a base station even though the mobile terminal 10moves to any cell.

In addition, since every base station transmits the synchronizationchannel or the broadcast channel using the same minimum signalbandwidth, methods of demodulation and decoding of the common channel inthe mobile terminal 10 becomes simple and unified. In addition, sinceterminals of the existing W-CDMA scheme and UMTS (W-CDMA)/GMS dual modeterminals have a 5 MHz downlink physical channel receiving capability,there is an advantage of commonality between the existing systems andthe new system so that it can be considered that dual mode of bothsystems can be easily realized.

FIGS. 3A and 3B are diagrams for describing the second method (ii) forsetting the downlink signal bandwidth in more detail. In the example ofFIG. 3A, the maximum bandwidth that every mobile terminal 10 shouldsupport at the minimum is set to be 5 MHz, and in the example of FIG.3B, it is set to be 10 MHz.

In FIG. 3A, the left side indicates five kinds of bandwidths that thesystem supports, and the right side indicates signal bandwidths used foreach base station to transmit the common channel when every mobileterminal 10 has the maximum bandwidth of 5 MHz at the minimum. A basestation (carrier) that uses a bandwidth of 1.25 MHz transmits the commonchannel using the bandwidth. A base station that uses a bandwidth of 2.5MHz transmits the common channel using 2.5 MHz or 1.25 MHz. Since themobile terminal 10 supports a bandwidth of 5 MHz at the minimum, themobile terminal 10 can receive the common channel from the base stationin either case.

Base stations using bandwidths of 5 MHz, 10 MHz and 20 MHz transmit thecommon channel using 5 MHz in accordance with the maximum bandwidth ofthe minimum value kept in every mobile terminal 10. Since the commonchannel is transmitted using the bandwidth of 5 MHz, high diversityeffect can be obtained. Therefore, reception quality when the mobileterminal 10 receives the channel. In addition, dual mode with theexisting W-CDMA can be easily realized.

In the system of FIG. 3A, since the downlink common channel istransmitted using 5 MHz or 1.25 MHz (or 2.5 MHz) according to the basestation, it is necessary to set more than one kind of format of thecommon channel in the radio communication system. In addition, it isnecessary to detect and identify the bandwidth of the common channelbefore demodulating and decoding SCH or BCH in the mobile terminal 10.As a method for realizing this, there is a method in which the basestation reports information on the bandwidth used for transmitting thecommon channel such as SCH and BCH to the mobile terminal 10 beforehandby separately preparing a control channel of 1.25 MHz, for example.Alternatively, a configuration may be adopted in which when informationof a band of 1.25 MHz in SCH or BCH is decoded and when it is recognizedthat there is SCH or BCH of 5 MHz band based on the decoded information,information of the band of 5 MHz is decoded again. Alternatively, aconfiguration may be adopted in which the mobile terminal 10 estimatesthe parameter (bandwidth) using a blind method.

As to FIG. 3B, although FIG. 3B is similar to FIG. 3A, since everymobile terminal 10 supports the maximum reception bandwidth of 10 MHz atthe minimum, a base station using a 5 MHz bandwidth transmits the commonchannel using 5 MHz, and a base station using a bandwidth of 10 MHz or20 MHz transmits the common channel using 10 MHz that is the receptionbandwidth of the minimum value of the mobile terminal 10. Also in thiscase, the mobile terminal 10 has a function of identifying the bandwidthof the common channel. That is, in the same way as the example of FIG.3A, the bandwidth of the downlink common channel is identified byreporting bandwidth information using a control channel of the lowestbandwidth (1.25 MHz, for example) supported by the system or byestimating bandwidth using the blind method.

According to the method of FIG. 3, since every mobile terminal 10 hasthe maximum reception bandwidth equal to or greater than a given level,kinds and performance of mobile terminals 10 can be unified. Inaddition, improvement of reception quality due to diversity effect canbe expected.

By the way, in the examples shown in FIGS. 3A and 3B, although SCH andBCH are transmitted using a same bandwidth, it is not necessary to usethe same bandwidth. For example, a base station having a bandwidth of2.5 MHz may transmit BCH using 2.5 MHz and transmit SCH using 1.25 MHz.

<Transmission Bandwidth and Transmission Schedule in Uplink>

Next, transmission bandwidths of a pilot channel and a data channel inthe uplink, and the scheduling are described. As methods for settingbandwidths for transmitting a pilot channel and a data channel to anybase station by the mobile terminal 10 in the uplink of the radiocommunication system, there are the following two methods like the caseof the downlink common channel. That is:

(i) Preparing mobile terminals 10 of kinds corresponding to allbandwidths supported by the system; or

(ii) Setting a maximum bandwidth that every mobile terminal 10 shouldsupport as a minimum value.

FIG. 4 shows a method for setting transmission bandwidth of the uplinkwhen the first method is adopted, that is, when mobile terminals 10 ofkinds corresponding to all bandwidths are accommodated. The left sideshows five kinds of bandwidths supported by the radio communicationsystem. The center section shows maximum bandwidths, for transmitting adata channel from the mobile terminal 10, that can be processed in thecorresponding cell. The right side shows transmission bandwidths of apilot channel from the mobile terminal 10 that can be processed in thecorresponding cell.

Since all kinds of mobile terminals 10 corresponding to a plurality ofkinds of maximum transmission bandwidths from 1.25 MHz to 20 MHz areaccommodated in the uplink, each mobile terminal 10 transmits, to anybase station, within a range of a bandwidth supported by the own mobileterminal, a pilot signal and a data signal according to a systembandwidth supported by the base station. For example, in a cell using abandwidth of 2.5 MHz, a mobile terminal 10 supporting a bandwidth of 5MHz transmits the pilot signal or the data signal using 2.5 MHz of the 5MHz. When the mobile terminal 10 moves to a cell using a bandwidth equalto or greater than 5 MHz, the mobile terminal 10 transmits the pilotsignal or the data signal using a bandwidth of 5 MHz.

By the way, it is desirable that the mobile terminal 10 that supports abandwidth equal to or greater than 2.5 MHz transmits a pilot channelusing a bandwidth greater than that used for a data channel. Forexample, as shown in FIG. 6A, the pilot channel is transmitted using 2.5MHz, and the data channel is transmitted using 1.25 MHz.

Alternatively, as shown in FIG. 6B, the pilot channel is transmittedusing 5 MHz, and the data channel is transmitted using 2.5 MHz. Byadopting such a configuration, the base station side can performscheduling according to a channel state (SIR and the like) on thefrequency axis using the received pilot channel. Details of thescheduling using the pilot channel are described later.

FIGS. 5A-5C show a method for setting the uplink transmission bandwidthwhen the second method is adopted, that is, when a maximum transmissionbandwidth as minimum value is set for every mobile terminal 10. In theexample shown in FIG. 5A, although every mobile terminal 10 supports 5MHz at the minimum for transmitting the pilot channel, maximumtransmission bandwidths for the data channel (and control channel) areset in accordance with all kinds of bandwidths. On the other hand, inthe example of FIG. 5B, every mobile terminal 10 supports a transmissionbandwidth of 5 MHz at the minimum for both of the pilot channel and thedata channel. In the example of FIG. 5C, every mobile terminal 10supports a transmission bandwidth of 10 MHz at the minimum for both ofthe pilot channel and the data channel.

In the example of FIG. 5A, as to transmission of a data channel, mobileterminals 10 of kinds corresponding to all bandwidths supported by thesystem are prepared. But, as to transmission of pilot channel, themaximum bandwidth of at least 5 MHz is kept for every mobile terminal10. For example, as shown in FIG. 6B, in a cell that supports abandwidth equal to or greater than 5 MHz, the mobile terminal 10transmits a pilot channel using 5 MHz, and transmits a data channelusing a bandwidth of 2.5 MHz according to scheduling from the basestation. In a cell supporting 2.5 MHz, as shown in FIG. 6A, a pilotchannel is transmitted using 2.5 MHz of the 5 MHz, and a data channel istransmitted using a bandwidth of 1.25 MHz according to scheduling of thebase station.

FIGS. 7A-7C are diagrams for describing scheduling using the pilotchannel. It is assumed that every mobile terminal 10 can use a maximumtransmission bandwidth of 5 MHz at the minimum for transmitting thepilot channel. As shown in FIG. 7A, each of mobile terminals of users1-4 transmits a pilot channel using a bandwidth of 5 MHz in a cell (step1).

As shown in FIG. 7B, when the base station receives pilot signals fromthe users 1-4, the base station measures channel states of the mobileterminals 10 of each user on the frequency axis (step 2). For example,the pilot channel from the mobile terminal of the user 1 indicates agood channel state in the first half part of the 5 MHz bandwidth. Thepilot channel of the user 2 indicates the peak in a side a little lowerthan the center of the 5 MHz bandwidth. The pilot channel of the user 3indicates a good channel state in the latter half part of the 5 MHzbandwidth.

As shown in FIG. 7C, based on the measured channel states, the basestation assigns data channels of bandwidths each narrower than the pilotchannel on the frequency axis to the users 1, 2 and 3. In the example ofFIG. 7C, the base station assigns first 1.25 MHz of the 5 MHz bandwidthto the user 1, assigns next 1.25 MHz to the user 2, and assigns thelatter half 2.5 MHz to the user 3. At this time, there is no assignmentfor user 4. The bandwidth to be assigned for transmission of the datachannel for each user can be determined based on information(capability) of a maximum transmission bandwidth of terminal transmittedfrom the mobile terminal. The mobile terminal of each user transmits thedata channel using a band narrower than that of the pilot channel basedon an assignment instruction from the base station (step 3).

Accordingly, even though a mobile terminal has low capability fortransmitting the data channel, a predetermined maximum transmissionbandwidth (5 MHz, for example) is kept for every mobile terminal 10 asto transmission of the pilot channel, and the bandwidth for transmittingthe data channel is set to be smaller than that so that efficientscheduling according to channel states becomes possible. As a result,throughput of the system improves.

Returning to FIG. 5B, in this example, every mobile terminal 10 has amaximum transmission bandwidth of 5 MHz at least for both of the pilotchannel and the data channel. In the example of FIG. 5C, every mobileterminal 10 has a maximum transmission bandwidth of 10 MHz at least forboth of the pilot channel and the data channel. In either case, like thecase of FIG. 5A, the base station can perform transmission scheduling ofthe data channels in bands each narrower than that of the pilot channelbased on received pilot channels, so that throughput of the system canbe improved.

FIG. 8 is a block diagram showing a transmitter 10 a of the mobileterminal 10. A baseband unit of the transmitter 10 a includes, as a datachannel processing system, a channel coding unit 21 for codingtransmission data that is input, a data modulation unit 22 and a bandlimit filter 23, and includes, as a pilot channel processing system, apilot signal generation unit 24 and a band limit filter 25.

When uplink scheduling is performed in the base station like the caseshown in FIGS. 7A-7C, the mobile terminal 10 transmits a pilot channeland a data channel of different bandwidths. In this case, a pilotchannel/data channel transmission bandwidth control unit 31 controls thetransmission bandwidths of the pilot channel and the data channel withina range of the maximum reception bandwidth of the base station that isreported by a downlink control channel. As methods for control, thereare a method of setting transmission bandwidth of the data channel basedon the transmission bandwidth specified by the scheduling from the basestation using the method shown in FIGS. 7A-7C, and a method of settingtransmission bandwidths of the pilot channel and the data channelselected by the control unit 31 itself.

Each of a pilot channel signal and a data channel signal on whichbaseband processing has been performed is received by a D/A converter 26of the IF unit so as to pass through an IF filter 27. When transmissionbandwidths of the pilot and the data are different, the bandwidth of theIF filter 27 is adjusted to the transmission bandwidth of the pilot.Output of the IF filter 27 is received by an up converter 28 of the RFunit so as to be converted to a RF frequency according to an uplinktransmission frequency band that is set. By the way, a part of thisfunction may be performed by the baseband unit. The RF-converted signalpasses through the RF filter 29. When transmission bandwidths of thepilot and the data are different, the bandwidth of the RF filter 27 isadjusted to the transmission bandwidth of the pilot. Output of the RFfilter 27 is amplified by a power amplifier 30. Since transmission powerof the data channel is larger than that of the pilot channel, the sizeof the power amplifier is determined according to the transmissionbandwidth of the data channel. The amplified transmission signal istransmitted from the transmission antenna.

FIG. 9 is a block diagram of a receiver 10 b of the mobile terminal 10.A RF signal received by the antenna passes through a low noise amplifier(LNA) 41 and a RF filter 42, and is converted into an intermediatefrequency by a down converter 43 in the RF unit. Next, in the IF unit,the signal passes through an IF filter 44 and is converted into ananalog signal by a D/A converter 45. In the baseband unit, the signal isfiltered, demodulated and decoded by a band limit filter 46, a datademodulation unit 47 and a channel decoding unit 48. When the maximumreception bandwidth of 5 MHz is kept in every mobile terminal 10 at theminimum, dual mode operation with the existing W-CDMA is easy for the RFfilter 42 and the IF filter 44.

In addition, when a maximum reception bandwidth equal to or greater thana given value is kept for the mobile terminal 10, since a bandwidth ofthe common channel received from a base station is different accordingto a bandwidth used in the cell, it is necessary to perform filtering,demodulation and decoding processes in accordance with the bandwidth. Areception bandwidth control unit 50 supplies a control signal forperforming settings according to the reception bandwidth to the bandlimit filter 46, the data demodulation unit 47 and the channel decodingunit 48. The reception bandwidth control unit 50 performs control basedon bandwidth information reported by a downlink control channel, forexample. Alternatively, although not shown in the diagram, a parameterestimation unit may be provided to estimate the bandwidth.

FIG. 10 is a block diagram showing a configuration example of a basestation used in a radio communication system that supports a pluralityof bandwidth. The base station 60 includes a pilot signal reception unit61 for receiving a pilot signal of a first bandwidth from the mobileterminal 10, a channel measurement unit 62 for measuring a channel stateof each mobile terminal on the frequency axis based on the receivedpilot channel, and a data channel transmission bandwidth assignment unit63 for assigning a transmission band of a data channel using a secondbandwidth that is narrower than the first bandwidth to each of mobileterminals based on the measurement result.

This configuration of the base station is useful when a configuration isadopted in which every mobile terminal has a maximum transmissionbandwidth equal to or greater than a given value. This is because uplinkscheduling can be performed based on the pilot channel as shown in FIG.7.

<Setting of Collision Permissible Channel in the Uplink>

FIGS. 11A and 11B are diagrams for describing a transmission method ofan uplink collision permissible channel when the mobile terminal 10accesses a base station initially in a radio communication systemsupporting a plurality of bandwidths. When the mobile terminal initiallyaccesses the base station, the mobile terminal transmits a collisionpermissible channel such as a reservation channel and a random accesschannel based on the premise of the possibility of collision. When theradio communication system supports a plurality of bandwidth, it isnecessary to consider the transmission method of the collisionpermissible channel since bandwidths used by base stations andcapabilities of mobile terminals are different.

FIG. 11A shows a method for setting a minimum bandwidth (1.25 MHz, forexample) supported by the radio communication system to be a bandwidthof the collision permissible channel. Since the bandwidth of thecollision permissible channel is uniformly determined, every basestation receives the collision permissible channel using a same method,so that system design becomes easy. This method may be applied to a casefor accommodating mobile terminals of kinds supporting all bandwidthssupported by the system, and also applied to a case for setting amaximum transmission bandwidth equal to or greater than a minimum valuefor every mobile terminal.

In the example of FIG. 11A, the base station can use a bandwidth of 20MHz. When accessing the base station initially, every mobile terminal(A, B, C) transmits the collision permissible channel using 1.25 MHzthat is the minimum bandwidth of the system.

As a method for transmitting the collision permissible channel, thereare methods of:

(1) Specifying, to the mobile terminal, using a control channel and thelike, a band by which transmission of the collision permissible channelis allowed in the whole bandwidth used by the base station;

(2) In the base station, determining beforehand a band, in the wholebandwidth, by which transmission of the collision permissible channel isallowed;

(3) In the mobile terminal side, randomly determining a band fortransmitting the collision permissible channel within a range of thebandwidth used by the base station which the mobile station tries toaccess.

In the first method, the base station assigns bandwidths, that areunoccupied as a result of scheduling, for example, to the terminals A, Band C as transmission bandwidths of the collision permissible channel.

In the second method, a reception permissible bandwidth of the uplinkcollision channel is determined beforehand as shown in the arrows ofboth directions so that reception is performed within the band. In thiscase, a configuration may be adopted in which the reception permissiblebandwidth of the uplink collision permissible channel is shifted toanother band on the frequency axis every predetermined time within arange of the whole bandwidth used by the base station. Accordingly,while the collision permissible channel is received within a range of agiven narrow band, wide band effect can be obtained.

In the third method, the mobile terminal randomly determines thetransmission band of the uplink collision permissible channel.

In the example shown in FIG. 11B, the mobile terminal A-C transmits theuplink collision permissible channel within a range of a predeterminedbandwidth greater than the minimum bandwidth of the system, for example,within a range of the bandwidth of 5 MHz. Also in this case, any one ofthe methods of (1) transmitting using a band specified from the basestation, (2) transmitting within a range of a reception permissiblebandwidth determined by the base station beforehand, and (3) determiningrandomly by the mobile terminal can be used. By the way, in the examplesshown in FIGS. 11A and 11B, although the bandwidth assigned to theuplink collision permissible type channel is set to be small comparedwith the bandwidth of the system, the whole bandwidth of the system maybe assigned as the band of the uplink collision permissible type channeldepending on circumstances. Further, the bandwidth assigned to thecollision permissible type channel is determined depending on a size ofthe system bandwidth, a number of mobile terminals accessing using theuplink, and a size of information amount necessary for the collisionpermissible type channel. In addition, when the bandwidth assigned forthe uplink collision permissible type channel is greater than a bandused for actually transmitting the collision permissible type channel,the mobile terminal performing accesses using the collision permissibletype channel can perform transmission by temporally changing thefrequency of the collision permissible type channel to be transmitted.In this case, improvement of communication quality can be realized dueto frequency diversity effect.

Although the present invention is described based on preferredembodiments, the present invention is not limited to these examples, andvarious modifications and addition can be made for a person skilled inthe art.

The present application claims priority based on Japanese patentapplication No. 2005-317572, filed in the JPO on Oct. 31, 2005 and theentire contents of the Japanese patent application is incorporatedherein by reference.

The invention claimed is:
 1. A method for setting a transmission andreception frequency bandwidth in a radio communication system defining aplurality of frequency bandwidths, comprising: accommodating mobileterminals of kinds respectively corresponding to the plurality offrequency bandwidths to the radio communication system, wherein theradio communication system is a same system corresponding to a standardof Evolved Universal Terrestrial Radio Access (E-UTRA); settingfrequency bandwidths, for each mobile terminal, frequency bandwidths ofa pilot channel and a data channel that are transmitted from the mobileterminal to a base station using an uplink according to a systemfrequency bandwidth supported by the base station within a range offrequency bandwidths supported by the mobile terminal; and setting atransmission frequency bandwidth of an uplink collision permissiblechannel transmitted from any mobile terminal in the radio communicationsystem to be a minimum transmission frequency bandwidth of the pluralityof frequency bandwidths.
 2. The transmission and reception frequencybandwidth setting method as claimed in claim 1, comprising: setting thetransmission frequency bandwidth of the pilot channel to be wider thanthe transmission frequency bandwidth of the data channel in the uplink.3. The transmission and reception frequency bandwidth setting method asclaimed in claim 2, comprising: measuring a channel state on a frequencyaxis using a received pilot channel in a base station in the radiocommunication system to assign a transmission band of an uplink datachannel to the mobile terminal based on the channel state.
 4. Thetransmission and reception frequency bandwidth setting method as claimedin claim 1, wherein the base station in the radio communication systemspecifies a transmission band of an uplink collision permissible channeltransmitted by the mobile station within a range of a frequencybandwidth used by the base station.
 5. The transmission and receptionfrequency bandwidth setting method as claimed in claim 1, wherein thebase station in the radio communication system predetermines a frequencybandwidth used for receiving an uplink collision permissible channeltransmitted from the mobile station within a range of a frequencybandwidth used by the base station.
 6. The transmission and receptionfrequency bandwidth setting method as claimed in claim 5, comprising:changing the frequency bandwidth used for receiving the uplink collisionpermissible channel within a range of a frequency bandwidth used by thebase station as appropriate.
 7. A method for setting a transmission andreception frequency bandwidth in a radio communication system defining aplurality of frequency bandwidths, comprising: accommodating mobileterminals of kinds respectively corresponding to the plurality offrequency bandwidths to the radio communication system regardingtransmission frequency bandwidths of a data channel transmitted using anuplink, wherein the radio communication system is a same systemcorresponding to a standard of Evolved Universal Terrestrial RadioAccess (E-UTRA); providing a processing capability of a transmissionfrequency bandwidth of a predetermined value greater than a minimumfrequency bandwidth in the plurality of frequency bandwidths to everymobile terminal accommodated in the radio communication system regardingtransmission frequency bandwidths of a pilot channel transmitted usingan uplink; and setting the transmission frequency bandwidth of an uplinkcollision permissible channel transmitted from any mobile terminal inthe radio communication system to be a minimum transmission frequencybandwidth of the plurality of frequency bandwidths.
 8. The transmissionand reception frequency bandwidth setting method as claimed in claim 7,comprising: setting the transmission frequency bandwidth of the pilotchannel to be wider than the transmission frequency bandwidth of thedata channel in the uplink.
 9. A method for setting a transmission andreception frequency bandwidth in a radio communication system defining aplurality of frequency bandwidths, comprising: providing capability forprocessing a transmission frequency bandwidth of a predetermined valuegreater than a minimum frequency bandwidth in the plurality of frequencybandwidths, as a transmission frequency bandwidth of a pilot channel anda data channel for an uplink, to every mobile terminal accommodated inthe radio communication system, wherein the radio communication systemis a same system corresponding to a standard of Evolved UniversalTerrestrial Radio Access (E-UTRA); selecting a transmission frequencybandwidth of the pilot channel and the data channel within a range of amaximum transmission frequency bandwidth of the mobile terminalaccording to a frequency bandwidth used by the base station in the radiocommunication system; setting the transmission frequency bandwidth of anuplink collision permissible channel transmitted from any mobileterminal in the radio communication system to be a minimum transmissionfrequency bandwidth of the plurality of frequency bandwidths.
 10. Thetransmission and reception frequency bandwidth setting method as claimedin claim 9, comprising: setting the transmission frequency bandwidth ofthe pilot channel to be wider than the transmission frequency bandwidthof the data channel in the uplink.
 11. A method for setting atransmission and reception frequency bandwidth in a radio communicationsystem defining a plurality of frequency bandwidths, comprising:accommodating mobile terminals of kinds respectively corresponding tothe plurality of frequency bandwidths to the radio communication systemregarding transmission frequency bandwidths of a data channeltransmitted using an uplink; providing a processing capability of atransmission frequency bandwidth of a predetermined value greater than aminimum frequency bandwidth in the plurality of frequency bandwidths toevery mobile terminal accommodated in the radio communication systemregarding transmission frequency bandwidths of a pilot channeltransmitted using an uplink; and setting a transmission frequencybandwidth of an uplink collision permissible channel transmitted fromany mobile terminal in the radio communication system within a range ofa predetermined frequency bandwidth greater than a minimum transmissionfrequency bandwidth of the plurality of frequency bandwidths, whereinthe radio communication system is a same system corresponding to astandard of Evolved Universal Terrestrial Radio Access (E-UTRA).
 12. Thetransmission and reception frequency bandwidth setting method as claimedin claim 11, wherein the mobile station randomly changes the band fortransmitting the collision permissible channel within a range of afrequency bandwidth used by the base station which the mobile stationtries to access.
 13. A mobile terminal apparatus used in a radiocommunication system defining a plurality of frequency bandwidths,comprising: a control unit configured to set transmission frequencybandwidths of an uplink pilot channel and an uplink data channel thatare transmitted to a base station according to a system frequencybandwidth supported by the base station within a range of frequencybandwidths supported by the mobile terminal apparatus, and to performchannel generation control according to the established transmissionfrequency bandwidths, wherein the control unit is configured to set thetransmission frequency bandwidth of an uplink collision permissiblechannel to be a minimum transmission frequency bandwidth of theplurality of frequency bandwidths, wherein the radio communicationsystem is a same system corresponding to a standard of Evolved UniversalTerrestrial Radio Access (E-UTRA).
 14. The mobile terminal apparatus asclaimed in claim 13, wherein the control unit sets an uplinktransmission frequency bandwidth so as to transmit the uplink pilotchannel using a frequency bandwidth wider than that of the uplink datachannel.
 15. A base station used in a radio communication systemdefining a plurality of frequency bandwidths, comprising: a receptionunit configured to receive pilot channels of a first frequency bandwidthfrom a plurality of mobile terminals; a measurement unit configured tomeasure channel states on a frequency axis based on the received pilotchannels; a transmission band assignment unit configured to assign atransmission band of a data channel using a second frequency bandwidthnarrower than the first frequency bandwidth to each mobile terminalbased on the measurement result; and a control unit configured to setthe transmission frequency bandwidth of an uplink collision permissiblechannel transmitted from any mobile terminal in the radio communicationsystem to be a minimum transmission frequency bandwidth of the pluralityof frequency bandwidths.